Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Health and Social Services. Madam Speaker, there have been a number of stories, widely reported in the Alberta press, on the effects of the cutbacks in the Alberta health care system. Given our recent ties to the Royal Alec Hospital, one, in particular, stood out. That was where a patient who was being medevaced to Edmonton from northern Alberta who had to overfly Edmonton and go to a hospital in Calgary because the emergency departments were full at both the Royal Alec and the University Hospital in Edmonton.

Obviously, if this can happen to an Albertan in Alberta, I would think the chances are it could happen to somebody from the Northwest Territories. Given the fact that it is a greater distance and there is more time involved, this may become a critical issue. I would like to know if the Minister of Health has followed up on the cutbacks in Alberta and has made sure that NWT residents who are being medevaced to Edmonton will always be able to be served there by the emergency departments.